(CNN)Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. They weren’t all his to start. According to local tradition, when a fon dies, his successor inherits all his wives and then marries his own queens.
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“Behind every successful man must be a very successful, staunch woman,” says Abumbi’s third wife, Queen…